HTC Titan II battery test is over, check out how it did

There is a general consensus by now, that LTE connectivity and long battery life don’t mesh well together. Therefore, we were a bit skeptical when we started testing the endurance of the HTC Titan II. After all, the smartphone has a fairly modest 1730mAh battery, which, not only needs to cover for the LTE radio, but also has a massive 4.7″ screen to light up.

We kicked things off with a look at the talk time of the imposing smartphone. The HTC Titan II managed only 5 hours and 10 minutes on a single charge – hardly a record-breaking score.

Talk time

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX20:24

Samsung Galaxy Note12:14

Samsung Wave 3 S860011:07

HTC One V10:00

HTC One S9:42

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R9:40

HTC Sensation XL9:30

Nokia Lumia 7109:05

HTC Vivid9:02

HTC Rhyme8:48

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V8:41

Meizu MX8:39

Samsung Galaxy S II8:35

Nokia Lumia 8008:25

Samsung Galaxy Nexus8:23

Samsung Captivate Glide8:20

HTC Rezound (LTE)8:10

Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)8:02

Apple iPhone 4S7:41

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:14

Samsung i937 Focus S7:25

Samsung Rugby Smart I8477:09

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro6:57

Nokia N96:57

HTC Radar6:53

BlackBerry Curve 93806:52

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T (LTE)5:53

LG Nitro HD (LTE)5:16

HTC Titan II (LTE)5:10

BlackBerry Bold 97905:00

Pantech Burst4:46

Things got only marginally better in the web browsing section of our battery trial. Here, the Windows Phone device made it through 4 hours and 5 minutes of continuously running our script. As you have probably guessed, the 4.7″ S-LCD screen is the one to blame here – there’s a reason these things don;t have a reputation of being power-sippers.

You must also keep in mind that the web browsing battery trial is performed over a Wi-Fi connection. Should you go for AT&T’s speedy LTE network, you can reasonably expect an even shorter time.

Web browsing

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX7:23

HTC Radar7:17

Apple iPhone 4S6:56

HTC One V6:49

BlackBerry Curve 93806:40

Samsung i937 Focus S6:15

Samsung Rugby Smart I8475:53

Pantech Burst5:51

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G5:45

Samsung Wave 3 S86005:34

Samsung Captivate Glide5:33

Samsung Galaxy Note LTE5:24

HTC Sensation XL5:20

HTC Rezound5:16

HTC Rhyme5:08

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R5:07

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro4:50

HTC Vivid4:46

Meizu MX4:35

Nokia N94:33

Samsung Galaxy S II4:24

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V4:20

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T4:10

Nokia Lumia 8004:07

HTC Titan II (LTE)4:05

HTC One S4:03

BlackBerry Bold 97904:02

LG Nitro HD4:00

Nokia Lumia 7103:51

Samsung Galaxy Note3:35

Samsung Galaxy Nexus3:01

The HTC Titan II recorded a rather decent 5 hours and 50 minutes of video playback. We attribute the acceptable score to the fact that the smartphone’s radio was not in play here, as usual, we ran it in Airplane mode.

Video playback

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX14:17

Samsung Rugby Smart I8479:34

HTC One S9:28

Apple iPhone 4S9:24

Nokia N98:40

Samsung Galaxy Note8:25

Samsung Galaxy S II8:00

Samsung i937 Focus S7:55

Samsung Wave 3 S86007:52

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V7:45

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:33

Samsung Galaxy Note LTE7:30

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R6:21

HTC Sensation XL6:12

Samsung Captivate Glide6:04

Samsung Galaxy Nexus6:02

HTC Vivid6:00

HTC Radar5:54

Nokia Lumia 8005:52

HTC Titan II5:50

BlackBerry Bold 97905:47

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro5:44

Pantech Burst5:38

Meizu MX5:27

HTC Rhyme5:23

HTC One V5:20

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T5:18

BlackBerry Curve 93805:09

HTC Rezound5:03

LG Nitro HD4:17

Nokia Lumia 7103:27

The overall endurance rating of the HTC Titan II panned out to be a rather disappointing 23h. This means that you will need to recharge your device every 23 hours, if you use it for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback per day.

As you can notice, the HTC Titan II managed to dip below 24 hours of battery endurance. While seriously unimpressive, the result is hardly a surprise, given the relatively small battery, which the device has on tap.